[Coco] Tandy Electronics??!!

[Bill Nobel]

Have to agree Aaron.  In retro sense we are at the bottom, but I still love playing with the system.

Bill Nobel

> On Jan 1, 2015, at 6:39 PM, Aaron Wolfe <aawolfe at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On Jan 1, 2015 7:24 PM, "Nick Marentes" <nickma2 at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> I wonder if we could do a system count of computers in hobby use from the
> 80's and what the percentages are here, where would the CoCo sit?
>> 
> 
> Retro stuff is a lot more diverse than modern desktop operating systems,
> but I think you're right that the coco would not be ranked highly as a
> popular retro platform.  If you expanded to all 6809 based systems you
> could pick up a few more (vectrex has a following) but those are basically
> the "other" of an "other".
> 
> Ive only been to 2 retrocomputing events, but at both I went with the only
> folks who demoed coco gear.  Commodore 64/128/Vic 20 stuff is probably the
> biggest group with Apple II stuff coming next.  Then you have the amigas
> and atari's, then some trs80 model i/iii, maybe a few CPM machines, and
> *then* the cocos if I had to guess.  Of course coco are the best machines
> in all cases.
> 
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